Risk of malaria among French adult travellers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 259-269

  Malvy, Denis ^a   Pistone, Thierry ^a   Rezvani, Ali ^b   Lançon, Florian ^c   Vatan, Rémi ^a   Receveur, Marie Christine ^a   Durand, Isabelle ^c   Hercberg, Serge ^b   Hasnaoui, Abdelkader El ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Epidemiology; Malaria; Travel

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; INSECT REPELLENT; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHEMOPREVENTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33746893436     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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